Facebook has announced that it is trying out its voice to text product in Messenger with selected users before rolling it out across the platform.

Facebook is trying to make it easier to send photos as the holiday season's picture-taking frenzy escalates with the arrival of Christmas and New Year's Eve.

The ad inventory in Messenger is just another placement option for Facebook ads, similar to the third-party apps that use Facebook's Audience Network to monetize their apps.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted the Messenger expansion Wednesday to about 2,000 app developers at the opening of a two-day conference in San Francisco.

You can now add Messenger to the growing list of Facebook-owned services to add a camera feature that looks a lot like Snapchat.

To pull it off, Facebook Inc. is opening Messenger so outside programmers can build features tailored for the service. Messenger will also be adding the ability to display store receipts and ...